Years: 1581 1582 1583 - 1584 - 1585 1586 1587

Decades: 1550s 1560s 1570s - 1580s - 1590s 1600s 1610s

Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century

Events

• June 1 - With the death of the Duc d'Anjou, the Huguenot Henry of Navarre becomes heir-presumptive to the throne of France.
• July 5 - Maronite College established in Rome
• July 10 - William I of Orange assassinated
• Dates between October 5 - 14 ignored in the Gregorian Calendar
• The first translation of the complete Bible into Slovenian language: Bibilija, tu je vse svetu pismu stariga inu noviga testamenta, slovenski tolmačena skuzi Jurija Dalmatina (Wittenberg), i.e. The Bible, it is a Complete Holy Scripture of the Old and of the New Testament, Translated into Slovenian by Jurij Dalmatin.
• Archangelsk is founded in northern Russia.
• Feodor I succeeds his father Ivan IV as Tsar of Russia

Births

• 16 December - John Selden, English jurist
• William Baffin, explorer (d. 1622)
• Miyamoto Musashi, Japanese swordsman (approximate date)

Deaths

• March 18 - Tsar Ivan IV of Russia
• June 1 - François, Duke of Anjou, fourth son of King Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici.
• July 10 - William I of Orange, Dutch leader (b. 1533)
• Yi I (Yulgok) of Joseon, Confucian scholar